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2/12/17

Christian response to Namaste, Christ is Risen indeed

I found my self wondering the how to respond to respond to the greeting "Namaste", as it has underlying religious contexts that are anti-Christ. The greeting is anti-Christ in that Jesus claimed "I am THE way, THE truth and THE life, no one comes to the Father EXCEPT through me" John 14:6.

This claim would mean nothing if Jesus Christ had not died for our sins according to the Scriptures, yet we know that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom were still living at the time 1 Corinthians 15:1-58 was written. Then Jesus appeared to James, then to all the apostles...I read a post that had in the comments section the idea that Christians have long had a greeting, "Christ is risen" with the expected response "He is risen indeed". So perhaps a good response and conversation starter to Namaste would be "Christ is Risen indeed".

Jesus God's only begotten son (John 3:16-21)

  • In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. John 1:4
  • The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
  • For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17
  • For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. John 3:34-36
  • I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. John 10:9
  • Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies. John 11:25


Followers of the Jesus Christ: Way, Truth and Life

  • to ask for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. Acts 9:2
  • through whom we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:2
  • For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. Ephesians 2:18
  • By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. Hebrews 9:8
  • by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, Hebrews 10:20


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